Worm/SdBot.36352 - Worm

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Virus:	Worm/SdBot.36352
Date discovered:	24/11/2005
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low to medium
Damage Potential:	Medium
Static file:	Yes
File size:	36.352 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	c94aef3f8db3c8d6f7483a1accaccffc
IVDF version:	6.32.00.223 - Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:22 (GMT+1)

General Method of propagation:
   • Messenger

Aliases:
   • Mcafee: W32/Checkout
   • Kaspersky: Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.dbo
   • F-Secure: Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.dbo
   • Eset: Win32/IRCBot.AHG
   • Bitdefender: Backdoor.Pushbot.C

Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003

Side effects:
   • Registry modification
   • Steals information
   • Third party control

Files It copies itself to the following location:
• %WINDIR%\live.messenger.com

Registry The following registry key is added in order to run the process after reboot:

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
• MSN Messenger = live.messenger.com

Messenger It is spreading via Messenger. The characteristics are described below:

– MSN Messenger

To:
All online contacts in the contact list.

IRC To deliver system information and to provide remote control it connects to the following IRC Server:

Server: **********.milan-fans.com
Port: 8080
Server password: oxxdull
Channel: #!msg4!
Nickname: [00|USA|%number%]
Password: mmmsg

– This malware has the ability to collect and send information such as:
    • Cached passwords
    • Information about running processes

– Furthermore it has the ability to perform actions such as:
    • Download file
    • Execute file
    • Start spreading routine
    • Terminate process
    • Updates itself

File details Programming language:
The malware program was written in MS Visual C++.

Runtime packer:
In order to aggravate detection and reduce size of the file it is packed with a runtime packer.

See a brief description here.

Description inserted by Andrei Gherman on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:23 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andrei Gherman on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:24 (GMT+1)

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